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TIL Hulda Clark - a woman who believed all diseases were caused by parasites, and sold a 100% cure for HIV/AIDS, Depression, and Cancer - died of cancer.

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ADKZd TIL Sylvester Stallone signed onto the film Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot based on rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger was interested in the lead. Schwarzenegger confirmed a rumor that, knowing the script was "really bad", he had publicly faked interest in starring for producers to lure Stallone.
R5Bj1 TIL that the idea that smelling coffee beans 'resets' or 'clears' your olfactory palate is a myth. Smelling fresh air or clean, unperfumed skin is the best remedy for 'nose blindness'.
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PYDvn TIL before lending his song In Your Eyes to the film Say Anything, Peter Gabriel asked to see the movie. He was sent a copy, and Gabriel approved the use of his song, but said he was uneasy about the main character’s overdose at the end; the studio had mistakenly sent him the film Wired instead.